Why Caregiving is Like Taking a Road Trip with a Man Guest article by Mike Good Before GPS, anytime you got into a car with a man there was no guarantee you would reach your destination – let alone arrive on time. If you’ve ever found yourself circling an area at 20 mph while trying to read a Thomas[...]
I’ve been interested in the benefits of coconuts for the past eight years–from the refreshing water and rubber-like flesh of young (immature) coconuts enjoyed by people living in tropical areas, to the various uses for coconut oil. On behalf of the The Caregiver’s Voice, I welcomed[...]
As we get more involved with caregiving, our pre-caregiver friends seem to drift away. Friends we socialized with at monthly outings, don’t come around as often. They don’t invite us to lunch. They don’t even call about visiting, anymore. It seems we’ve grown apart. Wasn̵[...]
John’s Hopkins Health Alert: 15 Warning Signs that it’s Time to Stop Driving John’s Hopkins offers 15 warning signs of when it’s time to stop driving. We’ll look at five from a caregiver’s point of view and from the perspective of a person with dementia. Driving[...]
Now you know the REST of the story about older people’s brains… Brains of older people are slow because they know so much. People do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information stored in their brains, scientists believe. Muc[...]
The Caregivers Voice debuts a new channel of offerings for caregivers – VIDEO. Everyone loves videos! Right? How else could YouTube rank as the second largest search engine with billions of searches every month? We’ve compiled a series of videos on The Caregiver’s Voice VIDE[...]
Grandma Says is a new app inspired by Katie’s grandma Elsie Guest article by Kate Arney-Cimino My dear grandmother died a year ago last month. She was 98. Elsie lived in Los Angeles where I had moved a few years ago to be an actress… and a waitress. This was the first time I visited her [...]
WHAT IF hallucinations are a disEase with reality due to Alzheimer’s, Lewy body, or other cause of dementia? I often wondered this while caring for my father who lived with Alzheimer’s disease. And once my husband and I could no longer care for him in our home and we moved him into a nea[...]
People with dementia (PWD) are sharing their experiences with one another and anyone else who is willing to listen. In years past, PWDs would quietly retreat. No more. A new age of activists are helping raise awareness among those diagnosed with dementia and those of us who are willing to learn. And[...]
Last month, I wrote this piece for Ezine Articles, The Secret of Robin Williams’ Suicide – What We Do Know. [UPDATE 4/30/2019: Link no longer accessible at Ezine Articles.] Given the response, I decided to share it here. Read an excerpt below, and then click on either link to read the en[...]
An enlightening infographic offering 15 facts about caregivers.* Did you know most caregivers have a college education? About half hold other jobs. All caregivers spend an average of 2o hours a week caring for a parent. What do caregivers do? What are the effects of caregiving? No wonder caregivers [...]
Avadian’s Mi Casa es Su Casa – Caregiver Humor In a genuine attempt to encourage my father to feel he wasn’t a burden while living with us, my husband and I told him, “Our house is your house.” “Nuestra casa es su casa.” Since he was living in California, I [...]
